Allied pressure grows as guns clear German pocket
American Franco Americans on the Soissons front push the Germans from wooded areas near Chateau Thierry and along the Marne. Artillery support and ground advance tighten the ally line toward Green Tardenois as Germans retreat slowly under renewed blows and shifting fronts near Chatillon Rheims and Montagnesans.
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Soissons-Rheims
Aisne-Marie
Associed Press
Chateaubierry
Green Tardenois
Champagne
Gouraud
Alsace Lorraine Sympathy Shifts in Reichstag
New York July 26 Realization that Alsace and Lorraine sympathy leans toward France has reached some Reichstag members. Deputy Waldstein told the Reichstag in June that many wrongs must be righted in those provinces. Public feeling in Alsace Lorraine is less friendly to Germany than before the war.
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New York
Alsace
Lorraine
Reichstag
Cologne
Eputy Waldstein
Germany
Review of four years of greatest of wars in 1918
A summary of the fourth year of World War I, highlighting the shift of American involvement, troop deployments to Europe, key battles and fronts, and the collapse of Russia. It notes the German offensives in France and Italy, the Brest-Litovsk negotiations, and the broader strategic impact on the Entente and central powers.
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Austria
Serbia
Russia
America
Entente
Europe
France
Atlantic
Italy
Alsace
Lorraine
St. Mihiel
Meuse
Rheims
Chateau-Thierry
Somme
Cantigny
Grivensnes
Western Front
Sian
Petrograd
Caporetto
Asiago
Alexander F. Kerensky
Kerensky
Germany
Brest Litovsk
Urkhane
Black Sea
Chelm
Poland
Drest- Litovsk
Kingdom of
Republic of Ukraine
Finland
Lithonia
Esthonia
Livonia
Turkey
Batum
Kar
Frrvan
Berlin
Vienna
Bucharest
Jassy
Lolshe
British advance on a good stretch of front
British forces press a notable advance along the front near Rheims as American units move from the Marne sector. Casualties across services are tallied with 1, 64, 26, 76, and 2 reported killed, wounded, and missing respectively. General Marek notes American corps growth and continued Allied pressure.
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Washington
D. C
Petrograd Faces Food Famine Amid Starvation Devastation
Petrograd now houses about two million people staring at winter hunger as lines form before shops and trains, while prices soar and wages lag. Citizens flock to Nevsky Prospect stalls for cakes and sugar, with former elites selling biscuits to survive as sailors and workers buy scarce bread at inflated costs.
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Petrograd
Associated Press
Peter the Great
Petrograd J
Nevsky
30000 Germans Taken In Counter Offensive
Paris dispatch reports 3000 German prisoners captured since the counter offensive began. American troops found emplacements of the German super cannon north of Chateau-Thierry. French forces advanced north of the Marne near A'Binson as the war office noted gains.
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Paris
Javal
Racy
Chateau-Thierry
Marne
War Office
Point A’binson
Food Shortage Crisis Between Germany and Russia
Advices to the state department report an acute food shortage between Germany and Russia with both sides lacking enough provisions. The question of who will receive available food has reached a critical stage.
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Washington
Germany
Russia
State Department
Family of Nicholas Romanoff Safe at Siberian Monastery
London reports the Romanoff family is safe at the Abalak Siberian monastery after a Central News dispatch from Amsterdam.
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London
Nicholas Romanoff
Siberian
Abalak
Amsterdam
Americans Capture Le Charmel in Ourcq Marne Push
American forces report the capture of Le Charmel in the advance between the Ourcq and the Marne. General Pershing's communiqué for yesterday, received by the War Department, confirms the progress of the campaign.
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Washington
le Charmel
Ourcq
Marne
Pershing
War Department
Germans mass 52 divisions on Aisne Marne front
A French dispatch reports 52 German divisions identified in the Aisne Marne fighting. The figure equals about a quarter of Germanys western front forces, underscoring the large concentration to meet General Fochs counterattack.
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Washington
Aisne-Marne
France
Foch
Governor Halts Mooney Execution Until December 13
Los Angeles July 27 Governor Stephens announced a reprieve for Thomas Mooney delaying his execution until December 13. The decision grants a respite after the upcoming election and affects Mooney’s impending punishment in the case.
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Mooney
Los Angeles
Stephens
Thomas Mooney
British freighter attacked by submarine off East Coast
Reports from New York dated July 27 say a British freight steamer near the Trans-Atlantic line was attacked by a German submarine early today. The ship was sending 8 U S calls and was located off the Atlantic coast.
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New York
Atlantic
U. S
Submarines Increase Off American Coast Surging Atlantic Fleet
Basel dispatch reports over twenty large submarines at work off the American coast and a thirty percent rise in Atlantic submarine numbers in the last seven months.
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Geneva
Basel
Switzerland
Hamburg
American
Atlantic
War Casualty Lists Misleading Public Says Editor
The piece argues casualty figures are an average per thousand rather than total losses, criticizing Secretary Baker and the Creel bureau for withholding unit counts and exact numbers. It notes the public loses clear information and compares the 71,000 engaged to broader forces with little specific data.
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Washington
Baker
War Department
Creel Public Information Bureau
Tribune
Fulton Dempsey Match Tonight
New York July 27 Ful ton and Dempsey contenders for the heavyweight title meet tonight for eight rounds on the war grounds at New Jersey.
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New York
Fulton
Dempsey
Wae
New Jersey
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Isonzo
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Bannock
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